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One of many geckos we saw |
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The view from our hotel room |
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Place of Refuge |
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30 year old lava flow |
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"My precious!" |
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Rainbow Falls, near Hilo |
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Banyan Tree |
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Near the Botanical Gardens |
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Another view near the Botanical Gardens |
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A private cove |
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Thurston Lava Tube |
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Paul the dive master explaining the next dive site |
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Our fantastic Kona Coast Divers boat |
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Moorish idol |
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sea urchin |
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Hawaiian squirrelfish |
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surgeonfish |
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Carrie and Charlie |
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yellowstripe goatfish |
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conch shell and owner |
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crown of thorns starfish |
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moray eel |
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can you see both morays? |
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"You lookin' at me?" |
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manta ray, close up
(with movie) |
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manta rays flying
(with movie) |
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another manta (with plankton causing the spots) |
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these mantas are all 6 to 11 feet across |
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plankton-eye view of a manta ray |
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manta on a dive-eating run |
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manta ray with a torn flap |
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whitemouth moray eel |
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moray's look meaner than they are |
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ornate wrasse |
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parrotfish (?) |
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octopus (really- look closer) |
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surgeonfish and goatfish |
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peacock flounder |
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lined butterfly fish |
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school of raccoon butterfly fish |
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red sea urchin |
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scorpion fish |
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yeah, we saw a shark |
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he was about 5 feet long |
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and not very happy to see us |
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shrimp in a cave |
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cornet fish |
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spotted trunkfish |
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another spotted trunkfish |
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turtle |
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"Grab shell, dude!" |
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Carrie's favorite photo of the trip |
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surgeonfish |
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an inverted California dork fish |
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"I think I'm stuck" |
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blackside hawkfish (?) |
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pyramid butterfly fish |
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butterfly fish |
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yellowstripe goatfish |
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more yellowstripe goatfish |
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one of several arches we saw |
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nudibranch (an animal, not a plant) |
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swimming into skull cave |
